Heel-beading machine



Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,191

E. ERICKSON HEEL BEADING MACHINE Original Filed Dec. 3l, 1924 Btg .1.. :iw l@ 30 16 1o 1 f 14 ,ea 32 ii it VEA/70H 0 WAH@ ffe/ @m0/14 ofc y).

Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

vUNITED STATES OF NEW JERSEY.

PATENT ofFFicia. y

EDWARD ERICKSON, DECEASED, LATE GF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, BY MARY ERICKSON, EXECUTRIX, O"` BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTSLASSGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION,V OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY,` A CORPORATION` HEEL-BEADING MACHINE.

originaiap-pucatibn filed December si, 1924, Vseran No; 759,039 Divided( ananas appiiation flied `April-11,1927.'l serieu No. 182853, v 1

This invention relates to beading machines and is illustrated as embodied 1n a machine especially adapted for use in beading' the periphery of the top `lift of a heel, this. application being a division ot the co-pending aplication `of Edward Ericksem Serial No.

59,039, tiled December 31, 1924, upon which Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,653,623 Were grantedDec; l27, 1927.

Shoes having leather top lifts are commonlv ornamented after they have beenfburiiished liy providing an indentation 4or beading around the peripheries of the top lifts. It is an object o the invention' to provide a simple and inexpensive beading machine which may be satisfactorily used to bead the peripheries of top lifts Without the application of pow- "er, bymovementof the Work With respect to the tool. L The position of such beads or indentations with respect to the tread faces of the top lifts is varied in accordance with the style of the Work and the taste of the manufacturer. With this in View, in' accordance with featuresof the invention, a novel construction and arrangement is providedfor gaging the distance of the indeiitations from the tread face of the top lift, the arrangement being such that the operatonmay place the tool at one heel breast-corner and by a. single continuous movement, "readily` cause the tool to vtoY bead the top lift around its Whole outerV periphery. I i

As illustrated, thellbeading machine comprises a beading tool in the form of a freely rotatable disk and vcombined With t-heftocl is a disk-shapedgage member also freely rotatable andadjustable axiallyto vary its separation from the indenting disk. The illustrated gage has rounded peripheral edges `to avoid damage to the Work. These and other features of the invention are more fully disclosed in the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the novel beading tool mounted upon a suitable support; and Y Y Fig. 2 is a section taken through the tool along its axis; 1

A ,top ha beading tuoi 1o 'is mounted upon a tool supportinghead 12 held upon astandard 14 by meansofset screw 16. The tool supporting head 12 has a'lateral boss 18 for the support of a stud 2O upon which the tool may be mounted.V It Will be understood that the standard 14 will be provided with asuitable base (not shown) by meansv of which it maybe mounted upon a bench in convenient position for the presentation of a heel l5 to the'tool by an operator to-makev a bead 17 around theperiphery of the top lift.

From anV inspection of F ig. 2, it! Will be seen that-there is provided a headed supporting stud 20 adjustably held in position` in the boss my means ofa setscrew`V 22. `The top lift `beadingy tool 10, which preferably is `mounted for free rotation upon tlie'stud 20, l

`comprises a disk portion 24, the edgeo'f which :is used to indent the Work by rollingV contact therewith, and a sleeve portion 26 surroundi ing the stud 20 `and this top litttool isl positioned upon the f stud by 'engagement`` with the head o'f the `stud and the endof the boss 18, thereby preventingaXial movement of the tool WhileI allowing i free rotation thereof. lhe outside of-thesleeve portion 26 is threada disk is adjustably `positioned upon said sleeve by threaded engagementtherewith and is heldin adjusted position by mansof a lock nut 30. It will be noted that the outer periphery of the' disk-shaped Agage member 28 is smooth and rounded so that there is no danger of marking the work in case the' operator allows theshoe toslip and come into contactwith the edge of the gage.A As will bessen ,romfFig` 1, the end otkthe stud 20V and-the end of the `top lift beading .tool 10 are provided With a screwdriver slot32 to `allow the user to hold the tool from rotation edand a gage member 28 having the form ot disk QS and the edge of the disk portion 24 of the beading tool.

With this arrangement both the beading,7 tool 10 and the gage disk 28 are freely r0- tatable upon the stud 20 and the operator will present the top lift of the heel 15 to the disk portion 2% of the top lift tool l() so that it engages the top lift. at one corner of the heel with the tread face of the heel rested against the flat face 3-t of the disk-shaped gage member 28. The operator then passes the work downwardly and across and upwardly with a single continuous movement in such manner that the tool is brought into engagement with the whole of the outer periphery of the top lift. The indentation of the work will be etl'ected by the pressure ofthe work against the beading tool as the operator moves it around the tool in contact therewith. The position illustrated in Fig. 1 is intermediate between the extreme positions of the work duringr the whole cycle of movement.

The invention ha ving been described, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A heel-beading machine including a standard having a plane surface, a headed supporting stud projecting from said plane surface, a beading: tool member comprising a disksl1aped indenting tool and a diskshaped gage member for said tool mounted concentrically on said supporting; stud and a rraiiged to coact respectively with adjacent intersecting surfaces of a heel, one of said members beine1r freely rotatable on said stud, the distance of the beading line from the adjacent edge of work operatively presented to the tool beingf determined by the distance between the beading tool and the tiat face of the disk and means for adjustably holding! said stud in said standard to allow free rotation of the member rotatably mounted thereon while restricting' axial movement of said rotatable member by the cooperation of the head of the stud and the plane surface of the standard with opposite ends of said member.

2. A. heel-beading machine comprising' a support, a .beading tool comprising a diskshaped indenting tool, a disk-shaped gage member for said tool mounted concentrieally on said support and arranged to coact respectively with adjacent intersecting surfaces, one of said disks being freely rotatable, the distance of the beading line from the adjacent edge of work operatively presented to the tool being@T determined by the distance between the beading tool and the tlat' face of the disk, and means for relatively adjusting said tools to vary this distance.

3. A heelbeading machine, coliunising a support, a freely rotatable diskshaped beading tool, and a g-.ifge member for raid tool conn prising a flat d'.;' larger than the bcading r tool and having' its peripheral edges rounded to avoid damage from accidental contact of the work therewith, said tool and said gage being',r mounted on said support, the distance of the headingr line from the adjacent edge of work operatively presented to thc tool being determined by the distance between the beading tool and the fiat 'face of the disk.

4. A heel-beadingr machine comprising a support, a beading tool comprisintr an indenting member having a disk-shaped por tion and a sleeve portion mounted for free, rotation on said supporti, a` gage member threaded on said sleeve for adjustment of its position with respect to the disk-shaped portion of the indenting member, thereby ad justably to gage the distance of the heading: indentation from the tread it'ace of a top litt, rested against said gage member, means tor holding said tool against rotation as the gage member is turned thereon for adjustment, and means to lock said gage in adjusted position.

5. A beading machine comprisingy a standard, a headed supporting,r stud mounted therein. an indenting tool harina` a sleeve portion surrounding and frechv rotatable, upon the stud between said standard and the head of MARY nn. nRIeKsoN. Emecutrz'w of the l'lill of Edi/:ord Erick-9011,

Deceased. 

